I love Five Points. I love to park and check out different businesses in the area. Most of them…read moreopen at 10am or 11am. The dispensaries opens at 9 am, not sure what time the coffee shop opens. One reason for minus one star is sadly the homeless people that live and sleep in the area. Second reason is the Landlords raising the rent so high, they've lost about the 1/4 of tenants. How sad and tragic. The biggest loss is Bogers Shoes and Mixed Fillings Pie Shop. Pros:cars let pedestrians cross at the crosswalk. Great stores on the strip. Cons:Homelessness and Landlord disputes with former tenants. Parking can be difficult. Recommend:yes

Five Points is a cool collection of restaurants, bars, and shops and a popular spot to gather for…read morethose in the Jacksonville, Florida area. The name comes from it is where five roads intersect. It is a hip enclave that draws an eclectic collection of people. It is a great destination if you are in the Jacksonville, Florida area. I love these cool enclaves that give a city a personality. We need these neighborhoods where people can gather and just chill and meld together to be what is beyond a bunch of people, they become a community. Five Points is a cool enclave and I would definitely recommend heading here.

Mosh Mouth is located at the edge of James Weldon Johnson Park. In fact, you walk through the mouth…read moreto enter James Weldon Johnson Park. It is a cool, if not a bit eccentric, piece of art located in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. I specifically headed downtown to see this cool piece of local art. Since it is in downtown Jacksonville, parking was a bit of a hassle. But I just had to go around the block once until I found a parking spot. I parked, tossed a few quarters in the parking meter and headed to check out this piece of art. A community's art helps give that community a personality. This art, while quirky, is definitely cool and I would definitely recommend it. Just head over to James Weldon Johnson Park and you will find it.

Put sculpture of lady's face on the street, enter fellatio jokes and graffiti. What else might a…read morelady's mouth be for? Note address is not the same as MOSH Museum. The MOSH Mouth is across the river in James Weldon Johnson Park, next to MOCA. This poor sculpture has been really vandalized. At the time of my visit, other Yelp photos had been posted 4 and 7 mos prior, and it was far less defaced. No holes kicked into the teeth, no green or white spray paint just about everywhere. It's a shame because the sculpture looks stupid with all the smartazz nonsense on it. And kicking holes in the structure? Grow up, that's disgusting. What a waste. Cool effort on the part of the artists and the city. But the trailer punks in Jax are destroying the presence of sculpture in town. If you want your city to grow some respectable culture, don't destroy it! Poor Double Dare-faced lady!

Amazing night great people. In my humble opinion I do believe that this was one of the best…read moreevents ever. Jax Chamber of commerce you ROCKED this event. Over 700 people breaking bread together in the middle of downtown Jax on a beautiful night. Thank you to all the businesses who donated the food,drinks and desserts.

I've seen this event for years, but always after it was over. First time I had a friend give me the…read moreheads up for tickets- shout out to the fabulous Debbie F! John and I snagged tickets, as did numerous other and we had a lovely evening downtown. Parking was free at the Vystar Garage, we walked the couple blocks down to the event. Right along the water front- the table stretched under the on ramp for the Main street Bridge. We were greeted and snagged beverages, found seats and waited for the intro, prayer and food. Conversations were about what our city could benefit from! I said a designated arts district to help bring our art community together better and be a destination for locals and vacationers. I was stunned by another suggestion- to have community pools. It didn't even dawn on me that there aren't community pools in Jax. I took swimming lessons at my childhood community pool where I grew up. You would think in a state that had so much water access would also have places for kids to learn water safety. Great idea. We also suggested a suggestion box for the next event! lol. Keep those community ideas rolling! This year the table was in zones- depending on what zone you sat in got you a specific dinner. We ended up seated in the Bono's section. Salad was already on the tables to pass around. Dinner rolls came next. Pulled pork, mac n cheese and green beans were passed out along with bbq sauces. We dug in and enjoyed excellent company, cool temps and good food. The desserts started rolling by- cookies, dessert bars and truffles (my fav). Debbie explained that usually there was more food- and that when we learned that they did zones. Guess I might have to ask questions before sitting next time! lol. I heard some got curry chicken and others got chicken parmesan. YUM! I will definitely be on the lookout for next year and I figure it will be a little easier now that I know where I am going & what to expect!

Not my favorite Market. With that said I do like the venue and hopefully with revitalization the…read morearea will continue to grow. There were many talented vendors. The space is fun with great Toon murals. They had a bar and a fun crafting area for the kiddos!

Yeah. I'm definitely not the target demographic for this event. It's a high end flea market that…read morewas like attending a RomCom at IMAX in 4d. No real flow and not well thought out in regards to set up. Lots of wasted space that could have made for a better experience. Actually, I've seen flea markets with better layouts. First and last for me and probably everyone in my party. On the bright side, the weather was pleasant. #notimpressed

Next door to the Florida Theatre across Noonan street and directly across from.the Yates building,…read morewhich I believe is the old courthouse?, this is a beautiful two story brick building with gorgeous arched doorways and windows. Gordon's Castle LLC general contractor is in part of the building. The rest is for lease as of January 2015.

Great day to come to the Riverside Arts market as another element is added, Filipino! Every…read moreimaginable Filipino food, plus dozens of other bakery and food truck vendors (see pics). Local artists and craftsmen plus singing, dancing, local businesses. Come check it out under the bridge. This is the best day of the year to visit Riverside!

Florida is not known for Filipinos, but thanks to the military, 20% of Floridian Filipinos live in…read moreJacksonville. (In fact, back in 96, half of the graduating class of my high school were all Filipinos!) Three years ago, the local pinoys and pinays finally got together and decided to start a festival. It's your basic cultural festival. Picture the World of Nations, but just featuring one nation. But Filipino Pride Day is FREE to attend. You got the dancers, the singers, the artwork, the vendors selling food and beer and cold treats to tone down the heat. This yearly festival is held at the Landing and is mostly outside, although a few booths and exhibits are inside the building. Last year, I watched local talent Asia Cruise perform. I hear they are going to have some guests from the Filipino Channel this year. (By the way the festival is October 1 this year if you want to check it out!) I think it's been a long time coming. Tampa has already surpassed Jacksonville in recognition with their Philippine Performing Arts Company folk dance troupe and their Bayanihan Arts and Events Center. I hear there were plans for a local Filipino community center, but construction has been halted. At least there are the yearly festival and the many Filipino restaurants around town to enjoy for now.

We were in Jacksonville near the Hart Bridge sightseeing in December 19-22, 2024, when we spotted a…read more life-size bronze couple running by the St. John river. We were surprised to see that they were statues. We had to get out of the car and investigate. We did a little research and found out that the male runner was constructed first in March 2002. He became a big hit and celebration among the runners who participated in the Gate River Run, a popular 15 kilometers race in Jacksonville. He was called the River Runner. Nine years later, a female runner and companion was constructed and placed behind him to continue the celebration and they became the River Runners.

For a long time, it was just the man statue running all by his lonesome. But when I came here in…read moreFebruary, I found his new lady friend. Yes, exercise is much more fun with a friend, even if you are a statue. Lol. It's hard to resist taking a picture doing the same pose with these statues. Haha. If you want to run with the River Runner statues, they're running their marathon forever in front of the Hyatt Hotel downtown.

I always have a good time when I come to Rain Dogs and this time was no exception. Great drinks…read moreand conversation with great friends! After putting in so much work for Moonbeam Bash, it was so nice to be able to come here, sit for a spell (alright, it was much longer than a spell), relax, and have a ton of laughs. I personally just stuck with soda because I had way too much vodka from Tito's at MBB, but hubby enjoy a couple of nice beers from Intuition. It was so great to finally get the chance to meet Steve E. from Yelp Tampa at MBB, and I'm so glad he decided to join us here after the after party. He's such an amazing Yelper and tons of fun to be around! Mark wasn't even kidding when he said we may have just sat there all night talking because we totally closed the place down. Even after they had turned off the music and started cleaning up, we were all still talking away at one of the tables outside. A big thanks to Rain Dogs for participating as one of the vendors at MBB and for putting up with all of us rowdy Yelpers after the big shindig! Until next time, Yeeps.... SYOY! =)

After an amazing second year of the Moonbeam Bash, all of us, who volunteered and worked the event,…read moreneeded a place to go and wind down. We ended up at Raindogs, which worked perfectly as it was a Monday and a slow one, at that. We all got a round of beers and just sat chatting the rest of the night away. I like Raindogs because it's a bar for everyone. You will see people from all walks of life come walking through the doors. I think we brought some spice to the bar on this night, as this year's Moonbeam Bash was based around cosplay, so we had folks in and out of costume. No one seemed to bat an eye, though, and it's something that I'm starting to really love about our big, little city. I was in a stout mood, for beer, that night, which Raindogs doesn't carry much. However, I was in luck and the bartender suggested an awesome one from Great Divide Brewing Company out of Denver called Yeti. For those guys who need a hand putting a little hair on their chest, this would be a stout to drink to help with that. We have an awesome group of Yelpers, and I love get togethers like this because we can focus more on getting to know each other. Since the start of the year, we've been having some fun after parties, and we need to continue on this trend.

They are a customer friendly building. They run the multi level parking garage for the people who…read morework in the surrounding buildings. They have a new cool mural on the side of the building. It was fun watching it go up.

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